OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221358575

BLACKWATER TIMBER COMPANY, LLC

THOMASVILLE, GA· 2021-05-19T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Contact, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Knife, Knuckle, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Mill--Plant, Molding Machine, Partial Amputation, Rotating Knife, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Walking Surface
NAICS: 321918
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345331433
Employer profile: BLACKWATER TIMBER COMPANY, LLC
Summary number: 221358575
Report ID: 0418400

Event description

Employee amputates finger when brushing against molder machi

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 a.m. on May 19, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a mill was receiving boards from the outfeed side of a molder machine. The employee said that he walked toward the infeed side of the machine and brushed his left hand against the machine. When he arrived at the infeed side of the machine, a coworker standing on the infeed side told him that his finger was bleeding. The employee had amputated the left index finger at the first two joints from contact with the rotating knives. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Event type
1

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